The Magpie Mason

The Magpie Mason is an obscure journalist in the Craft who writes, with occasional flashes of superficial cleverness, about Freemasonry’s current events and history; literature and art; philosophy and pipe smoking. He is Worshipful Master of The American Lodge of Research in New York; is a Past Master of New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education 1786; and also is at labor in Virginia’s Civil War Lodge of Research 1865. He is a past president of the lamented Masonic Society as well.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

V.I.T.R.I.O.L.

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It is official: Bro. Mohamad Yatim will be the guest speaker at Sons of Liberty Lodge No. 301 on June 10. He is going to discuss the Scotti...
Friday, May 29, 2009

More ‘Alpha males’

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Senior Warden Kevin, Organist Nathaniel, and Bro. Ali at Alpha Lodge Wednesday night. It isn’t necessary to be a Masonic VIP from a faraway ...

‘The reign of error’

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      All bad things must come to an end, and King Nelson is retiring as editor of “The Philalethes,” the bi-monthly journal of unctuous op...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Bro. Ambrose Ely Vanderpoel (1875-1940)

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On Memorial Day, we inevitably wind up visiting cemeteries. There is one tiny burial ground in my native hometown that is the final resting...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

‘Unforgettable’

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    Installation of Officers St. John’s Lodge No. 1, Ancient York Masons New York City May 20, 2009      
Friday, May 22, 2009

‘Truth Crosses the Bridge’

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    Piers, John and Rob at Trinity on Monday night. It was a typically memorable evening at Trinity Commandery No. 17 on Monday. T...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

‘Freemasonry and the Quest for Liberty’

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At the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library at the Grand Lodge of New York: Freemasonry and the Quest for Liberty: An Evening wit...
Friday, May 15, 2009

Second Circle Gatherings!

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“No one has even begun to understand comradeship who does not accept with it a certain hearty eagerness in eating, drinking, or smoking.” ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

‘A defining moment’

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    W. Ted Berry , a PM at historic Benjamin B. French Lodge No. 15 and Pythagoras Lodge of Research in Washington, coined a new word toda...
Friday, May 8, 2009

‘Masonic Light at 9’

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The official logo of Masonic Light, as designed by Bro. Andrew Horn of The Master’s Jewel . On this date in 2000, a small group of Freemason...

Alchemy Journal

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      The new (as above: spring/so below: autumn) issue of Alchemy Journal  is hot off the presses! Vol. 10, No. 1 Northern Spring/So...
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Sunday, May 3, 2009

‘A Year Savored’

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I want to tell you about the progress enjoyed by The Masonic Society, the research and education foundation serving the Craft in North Ameri...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

‘So help me God’

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      Statue of Washington at Federal Hall, NYC. On this day, the 220th anniversary of George Washington’s first presidential inaugurat...
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